Bill Chaffey (paratriathlete)

Bill Chaffey

2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975
Tamworth, Australia
Sport
Club Tweed Valley Triathletes
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Paratriathlon
ITU Triathlon World Championships
2009 Gold Coast TRI 1
2010 Budapest TRI 1
2011 Beijing TRI 1
2012 Auckland TRI 1
2013 London TRI 1
2015 Chicago PT1
Ironman World Championship
2013 Men's Handcycle division

Bill Chaffey (born 9 October 1975) is an Australian paratriathlete who won his fifth world championship in 2015. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Chaffey became an incomplete paraplegic when, as a non-disabled triathlete training for an Ironman Triathlon, he was hit by a truck while on his bicycle.[2]

Career

He competes in the PT1 (handcycle/racing wheelchair classification) (formerly TRI-1) and was TRI-1 Paratriathlon World Champion in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015.[3] Chaffey's come-from-behind win over Jetze Plat was named in the International Paralympic Committee's Top 50 moments in Paralympic sport of 2013.[4] Chaffey was nominated for IPC Athlete of the Month in September 2013.[5]

In January 2013, Chaffey won the inaugural Australian Paratriathlon Championships, beating Ironman and Paralympian John Maclean and Paralympic rower Erik Horrie.[6][7][8] He won the Men's TRI-1 classification of the 2014 Oceania Paratriathlon Championships in a world best time of 58.22,[9] and won the 2014 ITU World Paratriathlon event in Elwood, Melbourne.[10][11]

In March 2013, Chaffey set a new TRI-1 world best time for an Olympic distance triathlon. His time of 2:08:59 bettered the previous record by 5 minutes.[12][13]

In May 2013, Chaffey raced Ironman Cairns where he qualified for Ironman World Championships in Kona.[14][15][16] He placed 2nd his classification in Kona.[17]

Chaffey was forced to withdraw from the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada after breaking two bones in his pelvis after falling out of his racing wheelchair in training at home just prior to the event.[18] In January 2015, he returned from injury to win the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT1 event at Penrith, New South Wales.[19]

Chaffey won his fifth world championship at the 2015 World Championships Final in Chicago.[20]

Chaffey completed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and finished fourth the in Men's PT1 event.[21] In preparation for the Paralympics, Chaffey stated "I just thought, this has to be mine. I have to have it...the Paralympics, A paralympic gold would not be a level step up but a greater step up, it's something I'm really putting a lot of focus on." [22] During the Paralympics, Chaffey expressed his love of triathlon through saying "It's triathlon, it's in my blood. I love it. It's the greatest sport in the world," [23]

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "In Profile: Bill Chaffey, Australia". International Triathlon Union.
  3. ↑ "Bill Chaffey: Results". International Triathlon Union.
  4. ↑ "Bill Chaffey makes it four in a row" Check |url= value (help). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "September's IPC Athlete of the Month Poll opens".
  6. ↑ "Chaffey makes history at first ever national paratriathlon". Australian Paralympic Committee.
  7. ↑ "Bill Chaffey gets boost in road to Rio". The Australian. 11 Jan 2013.
  8. ↑ "Inspired Chaffey wins first Australian paratriathlon crown". Triathlon Australia.
  9. ↑ "Chaffey clocks world first at paratriathlon titles". Sporting Wheelies.
  10. ↑ "Chaffey defeats weather in Elwood". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  11. ↑ http://www.triathlon.org/paratriathlon/results_event/2014_penrith_otu_paratriathlon_oceania_championships
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/b_chaffey/statuses/313619471833104386
  13. ↑ http://chasingthedream-triathlon.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/mooloolaba-number-5.html
  14. ↑ "Where there's a will there's a way: Bill Chaffey continues to inspire". Trizone.
  15. ↑ AMANDA LULHAM (8 October 2013). "Bill Chaffey to compete in first Hawaiin Ironman eight years after being hit after being hit by truck training for first attempt". Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Australian Paratriathlete Tackles Unfinished Business in Kona". ironman.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  17. ↑ "Ironman World Championship 2013 Results - Bill Chaffey". Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  18. ↑ "A shattered Bill Chaffey out of world champs after fall". Northern Star. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "brave rain swept Neapean to Conquer Oceania Championshipsurl=http://www.triathlon.org.au/About/Latest_News/PARATRIATHLETES_BRAVE_RAIN_SWEPT_NEPEAN_TO_CONQUER_OCEANIA_CHAMPIONSHIPS.htm". Triathlon Australia News, 13 January 2013.
  20. ↑ White, Chelsea. "Australia awesome at Paratriathlon World Championships". International Triathlon Union News. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Men - PT2 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  22. ↑ "Rio 2016 Paralympics Bill Chaffey Interview". Rio 2016 Paralympics Bill Chaffey Interview. International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  23. ↑ Spits, Scott. "Triathlon on debut at Rio Paralympics: Pain, disappointment and a love for the sport". Triathlon on debut at Rio Paralympics: Pain, disappointment and a love for the sport. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  24. ↑ "Rion Bound Ryan Bailie scoops the pool at Celebration Champions Dinner". Triathlon Australia News, 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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